Synonyms of mined

mined

verb

past tense of mine

as in attacked

to place hidden explosive devices in or under

the troops hurriedly mined the field before relinquishing it to the enemy

Synonyms & Similar Words

• attacked
• booby-trapped
• ambushed
• bombed
• trapped
• snared
• blew up

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of mined

Because ground evacuation routes were heavily mined and subject to heavy Russian fire, sending in armored vehicles or conventional helicopters was deemed impossible. — New Atlas, 20 Oct. 2026

Correspondence files can be mined for service failures—moments where the company’s response didn’t match the member’s need—that predict attrition much more accurately than any customer satisfaction survey. — Amanda Turcotte, Forbes.com, 20 Oct. 2026

These silicon chunks are melted in bespoke crucibles made of the world’s purest quartz, virtually all of which is mined from a solitary deposit in the mountains of North Carolina. — Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026

Up until the 1950s, monazite was the main ore mined for rare earths. — Glenn Zorpette, IEEE Spectrum, 15 Oct. 2026

Stats show travel retail stores are being mined for discovery and unforgettable memories, with 86 percent of people wanting exclusive beauty offers in the channel, according to L’Oréal. — Jennifer Weil, Footwear News, 6 Oct. 2026

Though Iñárritu mined a fertile vein of sardonic humor in 2014’s Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance), comedy has never been this grandiose director’s forte. — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 29 Sep. 2026

In the wake of Dune, and thanks in part to his long creative partnership with Lynch, MacLachlan flexed his chops in a number of roles that mined dark and weird territory. — Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 27 Sep. 2026

The quartz silica sand used for the protective glass is mined nearby in Spruce Pine. — Charlotte Observer, 15 Sep. 2026